June 2023 - AMERICAN ROUTES

MUSICAL STARS AND CULTURAL STRIPES: AMERICAN ROOTS INDEPENDENCE DAY REVISITED

It’s Fourth of July, and we dig into the archives for the roots of American Routes. It all began with a series of Independence Day concerts held annually at the Washington Monument before the fireworks show on the National Mall and featured the best of American vernacular musical culture. We’ll sample from nearly a decade’s worth of concerts, highlighting spectacular stage performances by the Staple Singers, Tito Puente, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, New Orleans Tuxedo Brass and more. It’s Musical Stars & Cultural Stripes: American Roots Independence Day Revisited. HOUR ONEOpen Bed: Do What You Wanna Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass BandAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingHenry Butler Patriotic Medley Henry Butler with Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass BandAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingSleepytime Down South Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass Band with Henry ButlerAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingMuskrat Ramble Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass Band with Henry ButlerAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingBlack and Blue Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass Band with Henry ButlerAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingThe Secondline (Joe Avery's Piece) Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass Band with Henry ButlerAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingInstrumental: Dippermouth Blues Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Brass Band with Henry ButlerAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingRip It Up Marcia BallAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1998 Original RecordingRed Beans Marcia BallAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1998 Original RecordingLa Ti Da Marcia BallAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1998 Original RecordingRed Hot Marcia BallAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1998 Original RecordingInstrumental: Boppin' the Rock Steve Riley and the Mamou PlayboysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingBayou Noir/Back of Town Two-Step Steve Riley and the Mamou PlayboysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingThe Mardi Gras Song Steve Riley and the Mamou PlayboysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingChere Bassette Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys with Nelda BalfaAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingZarico est pas sale Steve Riley and the Mamou PlayboysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingEnd Bed: J'etais au Bal (with fiddlesticks) Steve Riley and the Mamou PlayboysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original Recording HOUR TWOOpen Bed: Eddie's Hoedown/Memories Cover Everything I Own Johnson Mountain BoysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1995 Original RecordingKnoxlyn's Breakdown Johnson Mountain BoysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1995 Original RecordingMy Better Years Johnson Mountain BoysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1995 Original RecordingOrange Blossom Special Johnson Mountain BoysAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1995 Original RecordingWoman's Dance Song Akwasasne Mohawk SingersAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1994 Original RecordingInstrumental: On Broadway Tito PuenteAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1999 Original RecordingMachito Forever Tito PuenteAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1999 Original RecordingDejame Sonar Tito PuenteAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1999 Original RecordingOye Como Va Tito PuenteAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1999 Original RecordingInstrumental: Jump for Joy The Campbell BrothersAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 2000 Original RecordingHappy Birthday America/Come Go With Me The Staple SingersAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1997 Original RecordingRespect Yourself The Staple SingersAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1997 Original RecordingI'll Take You There The Staple SingersAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1997 Original RecordingEnd Bed: Ida Reed Otha Turner and Rising Star Fife & DrumAmerican Roots Fourth of July Concert in Washington DC 1993 Original Recording

ROCKABILLY RASCAL CHUCK MEAD & HERALDING THE FOLK WITH ALICE GERRARD

Chuck Mead Alice Gerrard Chuck Mead, co-founder of the legendary Nashville country rock band, BR549 tells tales of being born into a Kansas family of musicians with their own radio show and infiltrating his way into a whole new Nashville underground music, bar and dance scene. Then, conversation with Alice Gerrard, musician, advocate for old time music and known for her collaboration with West Virginia native Hazel Dickens as a rare female bluegrass duo in the 1960s. Plus music from Bob Dylan, Wanda Jackson, The Balfa Brothers and Johnny Shines. HOUR ONEOpen Bed: Even If It's Wrong BR459BR459, SonyHillbilly Rock Marty StuartHillbilly Rock, MCARock Your Baby Wanda JacksonRockin’ With Wanda, CapitolHip Shakin' Baby Roy BrownRoy Brown: The Complete Imperial Recordings, CapitolBaby Let's Play House John PrinePink Cadillac, ElektraDon't Say It Margo PriceAll American Made, Third Man RecordsHonky Tonkin' Hank WilliamsHonky Tonkin’: Hank Williams, UMGTootsie's Orchid Lounge Hank CochranSally Was a Good Girl, Bear FamilyInstrumental: Honky Tonk The VenturesWalk Don’t Run, CapitolSegment: Chuck Mead One Long Saturday Night Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll BoysLive at the 2022 Montana Folk Festival in Butte, MT7 Nights to Rock Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll BoysLive at the 2022 Montana Folk Festival in Butte, MTInstrumental: Sleep Walk The VenturesWalk Don’t Run, CapitolThis Cat's in the Doghouse Rosie FloresGirl of the Century, Bloodshot RecordsWaymore's Blues Waylon JenningsDreaming My Dreams, SonyRockabilly Funeral Bill KirchenThe Proper Years, Last MusicSunday Morning Coming Down Kris KristoffersonThe Essential Kris Kristofferson, SonyEnd Bed: Bandera Willie NelsonRed Headed Stranger, Sony HOUR TWOOpen Bed: Banjo Picking Girl Hazel and AliceHazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, RounderAin't Gonna Work Tomorrow Lily May Ledford & the Coon Creek GirlsLegends of Old Time Music–50 Years of County Records, CountyDynaflow Blues Johnny ShinesChicago–The Blues Today, VanguardLay My Burden Down James “Sparky” RuckerJames “Sparky” Rucker, L&R RecordsIn the Pines Strange Creek SingersThe Strange Creek Singers, Smithsonian FolkwaysLes Veuves de la Coulée Balfa BrothersJ’Ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard Et La Belette, RounderInstrumental: Little Sadie Bill Keith and Jim RooneyFolk Music at Newport Part 1, VanguardSegment: Alice Gerrard Apple Brandy Joseph Decosimo and Alice GerrardWhile You Were Slumbering, Sleepy Cat RecordsThe River St. Johns Jake Xerxes FussellOut of Sight, Paradise of BachelorsInstrumental: Cannonball Rag Bill FrisellGuitar in the Space Age, OkehThe Man in Me Bob DylanNew Morning, ColumbiaSpace and Time S.G. GoodmanOld Time Feeling, Verve ForecastI'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter BayesClassic Old Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways, Smithsonian FolkwaysDusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh) Woody GuthrieDust Bowl Ballads, Buddha RecordsClosing Bed: Wellington Allison de Groot & Tatiana HargreavesHurricane Clarice, Free Dirt Records

SACRED STEEL BROTHERS AND A MUSICAL MODERNIST: ROBERT RANDOLPH & YUSEF LATEEF

Yusef Lateef Robert Randolph Sacred steel guitarist Robert Randolph has gathered together the leading players of the genre for a 2013 recording, paying tribute to the past, and covering tunes outside the cannon. We’ll speak with him and one of his fellow Slide Brothers, Calvin Cooke. Then a conversation with the late musical modernist Yusef Lateef about his mentors and inspirations. HOUR ONEOpen Bed: Wade in the Water The Slide BrothersRobert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers, ConcordDon't Let the Devil Ride Sonny TreadwayTraditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida, ArhoolieThe Devil and Jesus Eric Burdon'Till Your River Runs Dry, ABKCOVoodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the SkidsDirt Track Date, GeffenWhole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Big MaybelleThe Complete Okeh Sessions, Epic/Okeh/LegacyI'm Shakin' Jack WhiteBlunderbuss, Third Man/ColumbiaWho Do You Love Bo DiddleyHis Best, Chess/MCAInstrumental: Bluebonnet Rag Speedy WestStratosphere Boogie, Razor and TieSitting on Top of the World Moses WilliamsSouthern Street Musicians, NCTA/unreleasedSteel Guitar Stomp Bob Wills and the Texas PlayboysLegends of Country Music, Columbia/LegacyDire Wolf Grateful DeadWorkingman's Dead, WarnerMother's Children Have a Hard Time Blind Willie JohnsonThe Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Roots & BluesMotherless Child Eric ClaptonFrom the Cradle, RepriseInstrumental: Jewel Praise Calvin CookeHeaven, Dare RecordsSegment: Robert Randolph and Calvin Cooke Wade in the Water The Blind Boys of Alabama with Ben HarperHigher Ground, Real WorldBlue Sky The Allman Brothers BandEat a Peach, CapricornEnd Bed: Steelin' the Blues Tom MorrellNo Peddlers Allowed, WR HOUR TWOOpen Bed: Six Miles Next Door Yusef LateefThe Blue Yusef Lateef, AtlanticJumpin with Symphony Sid King PleasureKing Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Songs, Original Jazz ClassicsDown 'n' Adam Lester YoungThe Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, VerveWatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Swing Catherine RussellStrictly Romancin', World Village(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone Roy MontrellCreole Kings of New Orleans, SpecialtyOthelia Yusef LateefEastern Sounds, PrestigeJohnny Can't Dance Clifton ChenierLouisiana Blues and Zydeco, ArhoolieInstrumental: The Plum Blossom Yusef LateefEastern Sounds, PrestigeMean Old World Sam CookeNight Beat/Sam Cooke, RCAThat Old Feeling Lena HorneLena Horne: The Best of the RCA Years, BMGMy True Story Aaron NevilleMy True Story, Blue NoteTell It Like It Is Aaron NevilleThe Best of Aaron Neville, A&MTell It Like It Is Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert RandolphMedicated Magic, RopeadopeInstrumental: Afternoon in Paris (Take 2) Sonny StittSonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson, PrestigeSegment: Yusef Lateef Down by the Riverside The Blind Boys of Alabama with Allen Toussaint & Preservation HallDown in New Orleans, Time LifeEnd Bed: Just Us Blues Elvin JonesIllumination!, Impulse

BLUES AND JAZZ, AFRICAN ROOTS AND BRANCHES WITH SHEMEKIA COPELAND AND BALLA KOUYATÉ

Shemekia Copeland Balla Kouyaté It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet. HOUR ONEOpen Bed: After Hour Swing Sammy Price & King CurtisRib Joint: Roots of Rock n Roll, SavoyAs Long as I'm Moving Ruth BrownRock n Roll, AtlanticHarlem Blues Big MaybelleMamie Webster sings W.C. Handy, CubChirpin' the Blues Alberta HunterSongs We Taught Your Mother, FantasyWalkin' Blues Big Mama ThorntonHound Dog: The Peacock Recordings, MCAInstrumental: It Ain't Necessarily So Mary Lou WilliamsMary Lou Williams, Smithsonian FolkwaysGolden Girl Blues Trudy LynnGolden Girl, NOLA Blue RecordsOld Man Blues Johnny CopelandWhen the Rain Starts Fallin’, RounderSweet Dreams Tommy McClainSwamp Gold, Vol. 1, JinSweet Dreams Patsy ClineThe Last Sessions , MCAI'd Rather Go Blind Etta JamesThe Best of Etta James, UMGInstrumental: Back in Business Beverly 'Guitar' WatkinsBack in Business, Cello RecordingsIt's All Over Now ValentinosLookin’ for Love: The Complete SAR Recordings, ABKCOUnder My Thumb Shemekia CopelandUncivil War, Alligator RecordsT-Bone Shuffle Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny CopelandShowdown!, Alligator RecordsSegment: Shemekia Copeland Closing bed: Pickin' the Blues Memphis MinnieGuitar Women Vol. 4, All About Jazz HOUR TWOOpen Bed: Kora Bali Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké SissokoNew Ancient Strings, ChrysalisTo Zion Lauryn Hill and Carlos SantanaThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, RuffhouseNatty Take Over Justin Hinds and the DominosJezebel, IslandWhen the Saints Go Marchin' In Eddie BoOur New Orleans, NonesuchBlackbird Special Delfayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz OrchestraJazz Party, Troubadour Jazz RecordsCaban Bamboo Highlife Randy WestonMusic from New African Nations Featuring the Highlife, CapitolInstrumental: Jabula Abdullah IbrahimThe Balance, Gearbox RecordsYegellé Tezeta Mulatu AstatkeNew York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975, Strut96 Tears Aretha FranklinAretha Arrives, AtlanticUncle Bud-Radio Version Boozoo ChavisZydeco Trail Ride with Boozoo Chavis, Maison de SoulYour Lips Olu DaraOlu Dara–From Natchez to New York, AtlanticPata Pata Miriam MakebaPata Pata, !K7 musicInstrumental: Bright Mississippi Allen ToussaintThe Bright Mississippi, NonesuchKelya Tabu Ley RochereauThe Voice of Lightness, Vol. 1: Congo Classics, 1961-1977Bluesology Modern Jazz QuartetFontessa, AtlanticSegment: Balla Kouyaté Closing Bed: Blue Monk McCoy Tyner and Bobby HutchersonManhattan Moods, Blue Note Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you! Donate